booktalesy Chapter 175 A Deadly Trap!
Chapter 175 A Deadly Trap!
Chapter 175 A Deadly Trap!
"Lava Barrier!"
Calvin roared and slammed his fists into the ground!
Boom! The earth trembled, and scorching lava surged forth from beneath his feet like a living wall, instantly forming a circular, rotating lava barrier several meters high around him!
This protective barrier not only possesses absolute physical defense, but the extreme high temperature flowing over it can also evaporate most low-level spells, while having a strong restraining effect on undead and shadow creatures!
Hughes's "Death Grip" ghostly hand crashed into the lava barrier, instantly emitting a shrill shriek before dissipating into wisps of black smoke.
Lilith's invisible spiritual wave was also greatly weakened and deflected by this violent fire elemental domain, making it difficult to directly invade Calvin's core consciousness.
"Is all you do is hide in that turtle shell? The 'foundation' of the Eternal Tower is nothing more than this!"
Hughes sneered hoarsely, slamming his bone staff heavily to the ground.
"Bone Spikes!"
Countless sharp, pale bone spikes, wreathed in death energy, burst through the ground surrounding the lava barrier like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, thrusting upwards wildly!
Attempting to dismantle the barrier from below, with some bone spikes even bizarrely forming from within the lava, it clearly demonstrates an extremely high level of necromancy!
At the same time, he swung his empty bone claw forward: "Soul Absorption!"
An invisible, terrifying suction force, targeting the soul of life, enveloped Calvin, attempting to directly drain his life force!
Even with the lava barrier blocking his way, Calvin felt a moment of mental disorientation, as if his soul was about to be torn out of his body!
"Hmph! A mere trick!"
Calvin, maintaining his composure, clashed his fists together once more!
"burst!"
The lava barrier surrounding him exploded with a deafening roar!
Countless burning lava blocks were indiscriminately and wildly sprayed in all directions like cannonballs!
This not only instantly destroyed all the bone spikes, but also blasted the necromantic aura and mental field covering the battlefield into countless holes!
The scorching lava rained down on Hughes and Lilith, forcing them to defend or dodge, interrupting their continuous spellcasting.
"Now!"
Calvin, with his vast combat experience, seized the moment and shot into the sky like a cannonball, directly locking onto Lilith, whose figure had become slightly solidified as she dodged the lava!
He could tell that this strange woman was the bigger threat!
Her mind manipulation is impossible to defend against, and she is extremely good at hiding. We must get rid of her first, or at least force her to stop casting spells at her leisure!
"Meteorite strike!"
Calvin curled up high in the sky, his body bursting with terrifying light and heat like a real meteor. He transformed into a fiery meteor falling from the sky, smashing down on Lilith with the intent to destroy everything!
Its speed and power were so great that it almost completely blocked her from dodging!
A hint of surprise finally appeared on Lilith's face, which had been etched with a mocking smile.
She clearly hadn't expected Calvin to be so decisive and violent, choosing her as his primary target and launching such a fierce attack!
Her figure blurred rapidly, trying to blend back into the shadows, but the terrifying pressure from Calvin's fall and the indiscriminate impact of the flames greatly interfered with her shadow leaps.
"Shadow Barrier!"
She let out a sharp cry, her hands moving rapidly, instantly conjuring layers of twisting, writhing dark barriers in front of her, attempting to withstand this earth-shattering attack.
"Hughes!"
She screamed at the same time, clearly needing help.
"The Army of the Dead - Gather!"
Hughes knew he couldn't let Lilith get seriously injured, otherwise their two-on-one advantage would be completely lost.
He raised his staff high, and the scattered skeletons and corpses on the battlefield further away seemed to be summoned, instantly taking flight!
Like rivers flowing into the sea, they converged in front of him and Lilith, compressing into an incredibly thick, terrifying wall of corpses made up of countless severed limbs and bones, exuding a stench and the aura of death!
"boom!!!!!!!"
The fiery meteorite, now in the form of Galvin, slammed violently into the wall of corpses!
It seemed as if only this one deafening roar remained in the entire world!
The blazing white flames and the pitch-black negative energy collided, annihilated, and exploded wildly!
The resulting shockwave blew away and shattered all the rubble and corpses within a radius of hundreds of meters!
The wall of corpses was mostly evaporated the moment it made contact, but a continuous stream of corpses replenished it, managing to withstand the devastating impact.
The fiery meteorite continued its relentless advance, relentlessly crushing the wall of corpses until it finally exhausted its energy just before the wall was completely pierced and vaporized.
Calvin's figure appeared amidst the swirling ashes and sparks, landing heavily on the ground and creating two deep craters. The flames around him dimmed slightly, but his fighting spirit soared even higher.
Although Hughes and Lilith managed to block the attack, they were also quite disheveled.
Lilith's shadow barrier was mostly shattered, and her aura was slightly disordered. Hughes had clearly expended a great deal of energy maintaining the wall of corpses, and the soul fire in his eye sockets had dimmed somewhat.
In the first head-on clash between the three great wizards, Calvin fought two against one and gained a slight advantage!
It demonstrated the unparalleled frontal offensive capabilities of a top-tier Evocation Wizard!
"Damn fire barbarians!"
The resentment in Hughes's voice was almost overflowing.
Lilith gently wiped away non-existent blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes turning icy cold.
"It seems that without taking something really serious, there's no way to ensure that Master Calvin can rest in peace."
"Seriously?"
Calvin landed, and the lava light around him surged again, scorching the scorched earth beneath his feet.
He grinned, revealing a fierce, almost ferocious smile.
"I'll see what real stuff you two rats from the gutter can come up with!"
Although he spoke toughly, he was highly focused.
Facing two equally skilled but strangely powerful opponents, he dared not be careless in the slightest.
Lilith did not reply, but her purple eyes, hidden behind the thin mist, shone brightly.
She gently raised her hands, her ten fingers dancing gracefully as if playing invisible strings, her lips opening and closing silently as she chanted ancient and obscure incantations.
A more subtle yet deadly fluctuation spread outwards.
This time, her goal was no longer to directly attack Calvin's spirit.
Instead—
Distort his perception of the outside world!
Calvin suddenly realized that the scenery around him was beginning to blur, distort, and overlap!
Hughes's army of skeletons seemed to have multiplied tenfold, surging in from all directions, but the real attack might be hidden behind the illusion!
He even felt the ground beneath his feet softening, turning into a viscous swamp of flesh and blood, and the air filled with hallucinogenic poisonous fog!
Although his reason told him that it was most likely fake, the incredibly realistic sensory feedback kept interfering with his judgment!
Visual deprivation
"Hearing distortion"
"Tactile manipulation" —
Lilith, like a wicked artist, manipulated Calvin's five senses at will, making it difficult for him to distinguish between reality and illusion, attack and trap!
"Hehehe—Lilith, well done!"
Hughes let out a smug, strange laugh.
Taking advantage of Calvin's momentary lapse in judgment and hesitation due to his illusions, he raised his bone staff and aimed the wailing head at Calvin.
"Pain is learned, but will be repaid a hundredfold!"
A torrent of grayish-white energy, composed of pure negative energy and painful emotions, gushed from the head's mouth like the floodwaters of the Styx bursting its banks, heading straight for Calvin!
This witchcraft is not only incredibly powerful, but even more terrifying is that it can directly attack the soul and amplify and reflect back the pain that the victim has ever endured!
Calvin saw countless undead rushing towards him, heard the screams of his comrades, and felt the excruciating pain of corrosion on his skin. It was hard to tell what was real and what was fake!
Hughes's true deadly attack was hidden within this chaotic storm of perception!
"Oh shit!"
Calvin cursed angrily; he knew things couldn't continue like this.
Faced with this bizarre combination of offensives, simply relying on defense and perception will only make us more and more passive!
He made an extremely risky decision!
Abandoning most of the perception and judgment of the outside world, concentrating most of the mental power within the body, and relying on the flow of one's own magic power and fighting instincts!
"You think you can trap me like this?!"
He roared and stopped trying to distinguish between illusions and reality, instead unleashing the vast fire magic within him in the most violent way!
"Flame Storm - Ring Slash!"
Centered on him, a huge, high-speed spinning tornado of fire suddenly formed!
This tornado wasn't simply moving upwards; rather, it was like an ever-expanding death ring with countless sharp blades of fire, indiscriminately cutting and burning in all directions!
Whether you are a real skeleton or a phantom image, whether you are a deadly torrent of negative energy or a psychic field that distorts perception!
Before this destructive storm of absolute power and scope, everything will be swept up, torn apart, and burned!
This is the clumsiest and most magic-consuming method, but it is also the most effective and direct way to deal with this strange situation!
"madman!"
Lilith gasped as her illusion field was shattered by the raging fire element the moment it touched the flame storm. The backlash caused her to groan, and a trickle of real blood finally escaped from the corner of her mouth. She retreated rapidly, clearly suffering a serious injury.
Hughes's grayish-white torrent of negative energy crashed into the firestorm like cold water falling into boiling oil, resulting in a violent explosion and annihilation. However, it ultimately failed to completely penetrate the storm's defenses, and was deflected, losing most of its power.
The remaining energy struck the lava shield on Calvin's body, causing him to stagger and feel a sharp pain deep within his soul, but it did not cause any substantial damage.
And the countless skeletons, whether real or illusionary, were instantly reduced to ashes under the sweep of the fire storm!
Calvin once again broke the deadlock in the most ruthless way!
However, casting such a large-scale spell continuously took a toll on him. His breathing became heavy, and the flames around him dimmed considerably.
"Let's see how many more times you can unleash your power!"
The soul fire in Hughes's eyes throbbed wildly, filled with pain and rage.
Those destroyed skeletons were his life's work!
He slammed his staff on the ground again, and an even denser death energy began to gather, clearly preparing to unleash a more powerful spell.
Lilith wiped away the blood, her eyes chillingly cold. She formed a complex hand seal, and the surrounding shadows began to converge on her, clearly preparing an even stronger killing move.
They could all see that although Calvin was brave, his ferocious fighting style was extremely taxing. As long as they could hold on, victory would surely be theirs!
Just as Hughes and Lilith gathered even greater power, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the exhausted Calvin, an unexpected change occurred!
A flash of determination and madness suddenly appeared in Calvin's eyes.
Knowing that if he continued, he would inevitably exhaust all the magic power in his body, and at that time he would have no means of resistance, he had no choice but to go all out!
Instead of trying to defend or retreat, he made a move that caught both enemies off guard!
He abandoned all defenses and frantically poured all the remaining magic power in his body, along with the power gained from burning his life essence, into his dark red metal gauntlets in a near-self-destructive manner!
The runes on the gauntlets instantly lit up to their maximum brightness, and even began to crack, emitting a humming sound as if they were about to collapse under the strain!
"You want to kill me?! Then let's do it together—"
Calvin let out a deafening roar, his entire being like a volcano about to erupt, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations that were extremely dangerous and unstable!